Internet Explorer 8, Cool Browser or Spawn from M$ Hell?

Ugg. Are we here already? I just got brave enough to install IE7 last month because I figured that after this much time, the bugs should be pretty much worked out. Now, [insert fanfare sound bite] we have IE8 to swoop in and save us from all the pesky stability. Yea!

• Who needs a browser that does not hog all your resources?
• One that, when it goes down (and you know it will), does not take your entire system with it?
• A browser with whom you can trust to not drive you completely insane within mere days after installation/reinsatllation/re-reinstallation?
  

Not me, I tell ya! Give me some of that good old M$ crash and burn action that I have come to love and expect with every new release. Mmm mmm good! Smells like frustration!

So, for all you braver-then-me souls out there that want to toss the dice and see if M$'s new browser has somehow managed to shake its moniker of 'Internet Exploder' and become the browser we all wish it were, you can download the latest incarnation by clicking THIS LINK ...

... but don't say I didn't warn you.

On a side note, I just noticed that is says it's not compatible with Windows '98. What's up with that?